419 scam: "ACCOUNTBROKER" <concurso@ituiutaba.uemg.br> Dear Beloved

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "judithshumejda2010@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ACCOUNTBROKER" <concurso@ituiutaba.uemg.br>
Reply-To: judithshumejda2010@live.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:49:11 -0200
Subject: Dear Beloved

Dear Beloved,

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business
or personal ethics. I am Mrs. Judith Shumejda, I am 65 years old, a widow to
late Mr.John Shumejda who was the President of agricultural equipment giant
AGCO Corp, who perished on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in
Birmingham.

Please View the Website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/

After going through some files of my late husband, I discovered a Deposit
Certificate of (£15Million) (Fifteen Million Pounds) with a Bank in London.
But due my sickness, I have not been able to claim this fund from the Bank,
as I have been in the hospital ,I am suffering from a protracted cancer of
the lungs .

I am contacting you based on trust to present you to the Bank as the Next of
Kin and Bonafide Inheritor to my Late Husband's fund, since I cannot claim
this fund myself now and I may not live beyong next six-eight months
according to my Doctors, but I have the faith in God that I will live more
than the months my Doctors said by God grace. Presently, I'm with my laptop
in the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment in Liverpool. Please!
Please!! Your help is needed to avoid this money been diverted to the
Government of UK as unclaimed fund/dormant account. Imagine somebody who have
no child, I have nobody taking care of me here in the Hospital, and the money
I have now is limited. Of which, that £15 Million is my only hope to continue
my treatment here in the Hospital, and hopefully by God grace I will survive.

If you will be so kind to be of help, You are entitled to 40% of the total
money 20% for charities and 40% for me and my family lawyer.
Please in your response, send me the following information to enable me
validate you as the legal beneficiary of this funds :
1. Your full names
2. Mobile phone number/home phone number/office phone number
3. Age, Address and Marital status
4. Company's name & address
5. Name of your next of kin.
This information will help my lawyer enable you beneficiary to this funds.

please contact my private Email: (judithshumejda2010@live.com)

Your assistant will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and God bless.

Mrs. Judith Shumejda

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